Naval chief confers awards on officers, others

ISLAMABAD: Chief of the Naval Staff, Admiral Zafar Mahmood Abbasi conferred military awards on Pakistan Navy officers, CPOs/POs and sailors during an impressive investiture ceremony held at Bahria Auditorium.

The recipients of Sitara-i-Imtiaz (Military) were Commodore Dr Muhammad Junaid, Cdre S Ahmad Ovais Hyder Zaidi, Cdre Habib-Ur-Rehman, Cdre M Faisal Abbasi, Cdre Saqib Jamil Khattak, Cdre Jawad Ahmed Awan, Cdre Shahid Ahmed, Cdre Mohammad Tahir, Cdre Muhammad Ahsan Dar, Cdre Syed Ahmed Salman and Cdre Dr M Saeed Khalid.

Tamgha-i-Imtiaz (Military) was awarded to Captain Nasir Mahmood PN, Captain M Mehtab Khan, Commander Agha Murtaza Mirza, Cdr Muhammad Tahir, Cdr M Nauman Akmal Khan, Cdr Yasir Ikram, M Hasan Adil, Cdr Ali Hyder, Cdr Ghulam Murtaza, Cdr Atif Perwaiz, Cdr Zohaib Najam Baig, Cdr Abdul Mateen, Lt Cdr Muhammad Zia Ullah PN, Lt Cdr Kashif Ahmed Khan, and Lt Cdr Shahab Aziz.

The recipients of Tamgha-i-Basalat were Captain Imtiaz Ali PN, Cdr Kh Hammad Hussain, Lt Saleem Raza, Lt Awais Ahmad Khan, Surg Lt Naveed Hussain, Nazakat Ali Chef-I and Dilawar Hussain MAR-I.

Seventeen Tamgha-i-Khidmat (Military) Class-I, Nineteen Tamgha-i-Khidmat (Military) Class-II and Ten Tamgha-i-Khidmat (Military) Class-III were also awarded to CPOs/POs/sailors.

The ceremony was attended by a large number of serving and retired officers of the armed forces and the families of awardees.